I believe The difference is something really simply.

The name.
If you say 'cartoons' is okey.
If you say 'furry' or 'antrho' instead, people will relate it to fursuiting (and probably see them as perverts or clowns in the worst case) and even when they may not be against it or anything they will feel quite uneasy.
Psicology and bla bla, you know, different perceptions.
[this can be regional, this is how is it on mexico,more or less]

And children who love furry movies often grow up to be furries who love furry movies. How many furries do you know that weren't at least sort of into this stuff their whole life?

I actually am a furry thanks to all the books I read with animal protagonists.

Well, that and the internet anyways.

Different Media, same result, a furry!.

interest in animals is a normal behaviour of human, because as advanced as we are, we are still animals, and they are our partners, friends and brothers in this world, is normal to feel empaty, respect and love for them, is unavoidable.

Being a furry is just to express a few questions you have in mind
"and what if they were like us"
"if we dessappear, would they replace us?"
Etc.

But i think is normal.

Took a blood test, it said furry.
Tiger furry, at that. o 3o

You sure that was a blood test? I think a hobo just wanted your kidney.

That reminds me of Charlie the Unicorn. Haha!

You also want to go to the candy mountain Inali?
Hahahaha

No, because they'll take my freakin' kidney!

Okay, back to furries.

Well, i still want to have (or try to make) a definicion of 'furry'
do you have something new since last time?

Can't really think of any new definition. The really unique thing about the fandom is that you have the freedom to make it whatever you want, so there is really no set definition that you can go by. There's also different levels of being a furry that we've discussed in the passed, like casual furries, which are those that view it as a hobby, and lifestyler furries that practically live their fursona in everyday life, which is a tad extreme if you ask me, but that's just my opinion.

Someday someone should build University of furry. That they can define them selfs.

Sam and max joke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUts_bjH ... ata_player

Cant see, my phone is a lemmon.
will see tomorrow...

Well various levels of furriness... That sounds better...

Thats all from me today, see you guys..

That actually dovetails nicely with my point-- in that anthro movies are acceptable so long as they are "cartoons" or intended for, if not neccesarily enjoyed solely by, children. But if a studio was, say, to make a PG-13 anthro film with violence and more "mature" themes... well, that probably would raise some eyebrows. Which again leads to the central question: why is widespread acceptance of anthropomorphism in popular culture limited to basically G- or PG-rated stuff?

Sleet: Yeah, you really couldn't expect any other result, could you? I wonder if that occured to anyone making these movies. Hmm.

Make a "mature" anthro film, but nothing that falls under the category of things we don't discuss here? Challenge accepted.

Fantastic Mr. Fox was kind of one, honestly.

I want to say Avatar was pretty darn furry too... except not literally furry... Just blue... with catlike features... and tails.

Sleet, I never did see that one. Would you recommend it?

And Grey, I'd be interested in seeing public reception to something like that... like you said, nothing messed-up, just something along the lines of (to pick a personal favorite) The Bourne Identity. There's violence and a little romantic involvement between the two main characters-- not anything terribly offensive, of course; it's just a serious movie.

Sansash: You have a point there... but then the Na'vi are aliens, not an alternative to people. *shrugs*

I love that movie so much.

I highly recommend Fantastic Mr. Fox. And Avatar is only furry in the loosest possible sense.

Exatially, make it mature and treat the audience like they are mature and smart, that's what I try to do now so I don't think its impossible.

I don't care for furry culture really... I do not wish for furry movies or "accepted media coverage" on furries or whatever.
Don't have a species or avatar either. My earlier posts are about how I hate some people in the fandom.

But I like some anthropomorphic characters. They're so darned cute! How do people draw them to be so adorable. X3 I want to reach across the screen and hug them. But they're only pictures and I can't do that anyway.
So yeah I only like cute furry things.
My definition of cute is somewhat different though...

OMG so cute! XD

Fantastic Mr Fox... gotta love british humor sometimes. xD

it plays with you, makes you think that they're civilized people, then you watch them ferociously tear apart a steak dinner.

also, i can definitely see balto as a furry trigger. i love that movie a lot, too bad the sequels were sub par at best..

and finally.. id like to thank this thread for reminding me of one of the SADDEST POINTS IN MY CHILDHOOD... T_T

WHY YOU LEAVE TODD IN THE WOODS GRANDMA?? WHHYYYY!!! DX (pikachu and ash nearly separating in pokemon gets a close 2nd)

I saw some of Fantastic Mr. Fox, and the only thing I really remember liking was the stop motion animation, its just a lost art that I love to death, but I don't actually remember anything interesting. Wait, it had nice voice acting. Also, Avatar was a crappy movie.

Well, furries will like Balto in the same way they like, say, The Lion King. Or The Fox and the Hound. It's got talking animals.

Personally, I love the first movie to pieces. Never seen the sequels; mostly because I've heard nothing but talk about how bad they were.

I say take a look into Balto, its a good movie.

That's odd, one of my complaints about the movie is that the plot and ending were resolved too neatly.

I think the two extremes come from different interpretations of the ending. If you believe the animals safely and sustainably live in their new sewer home, then it can be argued it was resolved too neatly. If you believe sooner or later the supermarket is going to realize it's being raided constantly and increase surveillance, then there really wasn't a proper resolution.

Maybe they'll make a sequel where they go back and live in the forest.

2nd movie is his daughter going on an adventure to find herself.. its really corny and the plot is predictable.

3rd movie actually went back to dog sledding and wasnt really all that bad.. but they tried too hard to be disney by adding random musical segments... the 2nd one did this also.

i watched them both simply because im a balto fan.. the original had much better action sequences with some good suspense.

also avatar has good moments and bad moments.. and really stupid moments that make you cringe.. but overall i like the idea of controlling an "avatar" of whats pretty much you if you were an alien.

Unobtainium.. silly James Cameron... what were you thinking?

Considering the names of some of the elements on the actual periodic table, I really didn't find that to be at all an unlikely name for some future substance. We're really not terribly creative with naming new elements.

Yeah, there's Germanium, Francium, Ununseptium, ununoctium, ununtrium......Not too terribly original. Of course, they're named for the founders or some convenient temporary name.......

And I particularly enjoyed Robin Hood. Had to be my favorite Disney movie of all time.

We need more Disney movies with wolf heroes.

Wolves aren't typically heroes in movies, sadly.

Well, there's Alpha and Omega, which is supposed to be awful.

I think Hoodwinked has a wolf protagonist. Can't think of any other one's though. I think there's a few wolf characters in movies who are bad at the beginning, then considered a good guy at the end (usually not playing very significant roles).

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Though I consider it a guilty pleasure of mine because I enjoyed it anyway. :B

wait wasn't balto half wolf?
or something like that?

It's okay enjoying a bad movie if it features an animal you love.

And yes, Balto is half wolf.